I played at jma until after my junior year. The gators wanted another state championship, so they enticed my to come over after Christmas break my junior yr. only went there a year and a half but I was driving

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I played at jma until after my junior year. The gators wanted another state championship, so they enticed my to come over after Christmas break my junior yr. only went there a year and a half but I was driving

No. Got beat by George Walton in the game to make the finals. The coach put me at defensive tackle at 190 lb when I played linebacker all my life. We had a couple young big boys who kept getting whipped, so I was a DT for the last 6 games. Kinda dumb. I did catch a td pass In that game to tie it up, but they won with about 30 seconds left.

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No. Got beat by George Walton in the game to make the finals. The coach put me at defensive tackle at 190 lb when I played linebacker all my life. We had a couple young big boys who kept getting whipped, so I was a DT for the last 6 games. Kinda dumb. I did catch a td pass In that game to tie it up, but they won with about 30 seconds left.

Well damn. HS coaches make some crazy decisions at times and move those of us that could play multiple positions to a spot that doesn't seem to make sense, but I guess in their mind they figure us out of position and our backup makes a better combination than someone who is getting their butts whipped.

My coach made the bright decision to play me as TE only my JR year instead of at DE. They wanted to play a smaller guy and flip strong side versus having me in and not flipping to strong side.

First game against Westfield we are down 6-0 and I finally go in at DE late in the third quarter. They called a defense where I was supposed to drop into the flats for coverage. Ball was snapped and I took a step across the line of scrimmage, noticed I had a clear shot on the QB, said to myself you better get there. Knocked the breath out of him, ball flies up in the air, other DE catches and goes for the TD. We ended up tied 6-6.

Our DC was Cam Bonifay (ended up being GM of the Pirates) was out scouting for the Reds that night. After film on Sunday we are walking to the field to stretch and he comes up to me and says "You know you had flats on that play, right?" I said yes sir. He says "Glad you blew the coverage".

Next game, back to TE. Third game at TE, score TD, break wrist 4 plays later, play the second half at TE and DE with a broken wrist, then out until the last game of the season and state playoffs where I ended up backing up at the guard and tackle spots with a taped up wrist. We ended up beating First Presbyterian 7-6 for the state championship. Almost scooped and scored on the blocked punt for the winning TD, but it kicked right at the last minute and our Nose Tackle who blocked the punt recovered on the 1 yard line.